Gate-valve.



PATENTED JAN. l, 1907.

N. W. RAGE. GATE VALVE.

APPLICATION FILED FBB.8.1904.

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UNITED f STATES PATENT oFFIcE.

NICHOLAS w. RACE, or wALDRoN, MICHIGAN, AssIGNoR or oNE-HALE To ORVILL'E s f'wEsTERMAN, or 4ADRIAN,"MI@Hierin GATE-VALVE'. I

Specication of Letters Patent.

' Patented J' 8.11.1, 1907.

Application filed February 8, 1904. Serial No. 192,721.

In an improved and novelmanner, so that leakage will be l.practically obviated and the capaclty to wit stand very heavy pressures Another object of thepresent inventionV is to provide 'a gate-valve combined with a novel formof operating means whereby the valve may be quickly and easily opened or closed.

A animalier abject is the provision of a `ltapered gate-valve adapted to *be drawn into'its tapered seat when closed and to be' quickl and easily assembled or taken apart.

In t eaccomplishrnent of the foregoing objects,.as Well as others not s eciically meuntioned, I provide a valve em odying certain improved features and novel ada tations of elements, such as set forth fully ereinafter.

and recited in the appended claim.

lIn the accompanying drawin s, Figure 1 is a front elevation with lower ha broken angry to show the position of the valve. Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line "y y, Fi 1. l Fig,V

3 is a top 1an view...l Fig.. 4 is'a etail view of the pac view of the cam-sleeve'-` V The valve-casing 1 has couplings 2 'and 2. Vfor connection to the sections of the pipefin f which the valve-is interposed, and the ports .v v the valve-casing. -Abovethe valveesea-t the 'l valve-casing has Van annularledge or-shoulder i i 3 and 4'con'nect these couplings with-theta ered valve-seat 5, which isofgeneralconical crm, v4with its larger base in the lower part of 6,' on whichis some suitablepacking 7 4preferabl Babbitt metalf":which-'projects in- War y toa slight-'degree relation to the opening -8, formed by theflange 6, arid acks the valve-stem;- as will appear more y'hereinafter. packing is also ridged l upwardly, as shown at'9.

. versel -sleeve, and 5` is a detaill shoulder, and surmounting the flange is a tuf bular or cylindrical ortion 11,'hav1ng a vertical slot 12, the tu e beinguslcrew-threaded at 13 above the smooth cy,l thereof. l

The valve 14 is of general conical .form and is hollow and, of such size that it is adapted to snuglyifit its conical seat 5 when drawn thereinto, said valve having a ort 15 transthereof, which is a apted to be broug t into register with the orts 3 and 4 when the valve 1s,unseated. T e valve has a stem 16, which extends through the opening 8, and the packing 7 hugs said stem where -said packing4 laps over and'y at the points where it is provided with its ridge 9, thus elfectually packing the valve at this point. Screwed into the valve-stem is a removable screw 17, which is received in the vertical drical portion slot '12, thus the valve and prevent* l 20 longer than -butcoinciding with the slot 12 and alsoreceivin the screw 17.

Anut 21, screwe on the screw-threaded end 13,',bears against `the upper end of the packing-tube 18, and the packing 'may be thus orce'd more tightly against the\valvestem and the bearing of the 'said packing-tube 18 on the packing enhanced as found desirable.

Fitted tolturn on thesmooth cylindrical portion 11 is a collar 22, having a spiral camslot 23, which receivesthe screw 17 and is provided With an integral' operating-handle ,24, said collar being properly held on the circular'ange 10 by the nuts 25 on the screwi threaded portion 13.

Below the larger base of the valve the 'n valve-Casin has an enlarged portion 26, through which the valve can be taken out,

.which isl rovided with a-screw-threaded cap 27, afor ing access to the valve and the y draining thereof when desired.

When the handle 24 is turned, the screw 17 on the valve-stem is forced up or downin the slots of the valve-casing and packing-tube by a the action of the cam-slot in the collar, andv the valve can be opened or closed to any del stern and sired extent very quickly and will remain Where positioned even though the Waterpressure is very heavy.

The peculiar manner of packing and thev general im royed construction of the vdevice prevent lea age of any kind.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new7 and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

in a valve, the combination with a valvecasing having a valve-seat and provided with a slot, of a valve for said valve-seat, a packing tube or sleeve surrounding the solid valverovided with a slot-registering 15 with the a oresaid slot in the casing, means for holding the packing-tube stationary7 a pin secured to the solid valve-stem and eX- tending through the slots aforesaid, and a rotary valve-o erating 4collar on the valvezo casing, said colar having a cam-slot which receives the pin aforesaid.

. In testimony whereof I hereunto ailix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

NICHOLAS W. RACE. Witnesses:

DANIEL RUMMEL, GEO. A. RACE. 

